Gin attachment for bolly cotton.



e. T. BECKNELL, GIN ATTACHMENT FOB BOLLY COTTON. APPLICATION FILED FEB.9, 191,6.

1,242,126.. Patfinted Oct. 9,1917.

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GI N ATTACHMENT FOR BOLLY COTTON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 9, 1916,

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GEORGE 'r; BECK'NELL, or NEVADA, TEXAS.

GIN ATTACHMENT FOR BOLLY COTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9;, 19ft.

Application filedlebruary 9,191 Serial No. 77,252;

To all whom it may concern v Be it known that I, GEORGE T. BEQKNELL,citizen of the United States, residing at Nevada, Collin county, Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gin Attachments forHolly Cotton, of which thefollowing is a specification. a

i This invention relates in general to uses of gin machinery, andisadapted to be combined with the present fornrof gin stand and operatein unison therewith.

tendant to closely watch the gin stand, and

at regular periods and intervals serve the machine by closing the ginfeed spoutdoor which closes the cotton from the gin stand, and openingthe hollow breast docr,which opening of the last mentioned door allowsthe wasteproducts of cotton to be precipitated from the gin stand.

The present invention disclosed in the unified attachment for operationin connection with gin stand eliminates the necessity for providing suchattendant. as would be otherwise necessary.

lVith the above and other objects inview,

the invention has relation to a certain ar-,

rangement and combination of parts, an ex 7 ample of which is describedin the. following specifications, pointed out 1n the appended claims,and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, whereinz -Figure 1illustrates said side elevation. I V v Fig. 2 illustrates a gin in sideelevation, parts of which are shown in section, with parts of thecorrelated attachment shown 1n connection therewith. a J

Fig. 3 is a detailed view of an element of the invention.

attachment Fig. 4 shows the invention attached to a gin stand andillustrates a simple form of gin stand withwhich said attachment may becorrelated, v Q 7 ,"Fig. v5' illustrates a front elevation of theinvention attachedto a gin stand.

Referring nowmore in particular to the drawings,- wherein the same.reference'numerals are used to indicate identical parts, the numerals 1and 2 indicate the standard or frame supports forthe gin stand. Numeral3 in general points out the, gin stand. Numeral a indicates the exposedforward cutting edge'of the gin'saw cylindei'if The usual form of hullerbreast is illustrated in connection with the gin stand, the said hullerbreast being that portion of the gin stand which is adapted to receivethe cotton 'from' a spout 6 and pass s'amere'arwardly through the ginstand 3. :The; usual form of picker roller 7fis' journaled' in thehuller breast and adapted to pass the cotton into the saw cylinder. seedspout 6. is shown, which said seed spout is adapted to receive the seedprecipitated downwardly from the, picker roller and upon thesaw'cylinder as indicated by the arrow AcinlFig. 4:.

The gin stand is provided with the usual form of huller breast door 8,which member The usual form of is a depending door having anarcuate'form symmetrical in form to the picker roller 6 and spaced aparttherefrom, said member being pivoted at its upper edge upon a tran verseshaft 9. T he cotton feed chute 61is pro.-

vided with a flap door or valve 10 depending from and hingedtoatransverse shaft 11.

In the operation of the present form of gin machinery, a simple exampleof which present form of gin machinery has been above given, the cottonpasses from its originating source into the spout .6 and graduallypasses'downwardly through the opening 1-2 in the huller breast upon thepicker roller andthere the ginning action is perfected whereby the seedand'lint are, separated. The said gin stand requires'the constantattention ofan attendant to regularly open and close'the valve 10,thereby shutting off the flow of cotton and subjecting the door 8- to anoutward pull, which frees and releases the bolls and other wasteproducts from its compressed form in and about the picker roller,allowing said waste products to be precipitated downwardly into a bollconveyer 13.

In vthe'application of the present invention to the gin machinery, theabove de-v scribed attendant and operation is eliminated.

Reference is now had to Figs; 1, 2 and 3 for a description of theinvention, and to Figs. AL

and 5 toraproper association ofsaid in-;

vention with the gin machine.

The numeral 14 represents an upright standard or frame of substantialstrength and sufiicient height to carry the assembled elements of thepresent invention. Asub stantially large spur wheel gear 15 is jour-lnaled upon a stud l5 which is fixed to'the upper portion of thestandard; Said gear wheel carries upon the opposite sides thereofrollers 16 and 17 adapted to beretained and for the pulley and adaptedto deliver there Ikpuired power for operating the devicelAn armactuating lever 23 is pivoted upon the support member 18. Said member ismount ed upon a pin 24 and has its upper extremity lying adjacent to oneside of the gear and in i direct path withtheroller arried by that sideof the gear 15. The lower extremity of the. actuating lever 23is'providedwith an eye and has a connecting link 25 connected therewithand extending rearwardly where linked connection is formed with thelower portion of the door member- 8, thereby establishing a controllingrelation of the member 8 by the actuating lever 23. I The transverseshaft 11 which supports the flap valve 1 0 projects beyond the face 'ofthe driven member 15 and is provided upon its extremity with a dependingactuating member 26. Said member hangs closely adjacent to one side ofthe drivenmember-15 and in direct path ofthe roller 16" carried by thesaid driven member. J ,I V The belt 22 delivers the power from aconvenient overhead shaft and subj ects'the large gear member 15 to aslow rotary motion in the direction indicated by thea'rrow; The

members 23 and 26 are adapted to control the opening and closing ofthedoor mem bers 8 and 10 and subject saidmembei's to a regularly timedopening and closing acu As the pin 16 approaches the actuating 26 andcomes in contact therewith, the flap valve 10 is raised thereby,allowing a predetermined quantity of cotton to be precipitated into thehollow breast, as the pin passes on and beyond the extended length ofthe member 26 said member will drop into the position illustrated inthe. drawings, and thereby close the spout 6 from a further delivery ofcotton to the gin stand. During the'slow rev'olutionof the wheel 15 andbeforethe pin 16 again opens the valve 10, the

gin will have completed its ginning action upon the quantity of cottonpreviously portioned thereto and be ready for the next quantity ofcotton.

The roller 1? is so arranged upon the driven member 15 that iitcoinesinoperative contact with the actuating lever when the flap door 10is'closed. The roller passes ever thelface of the actuating lever; jects the door '8' to. a forward actionQzSuh oftheir own accord, just atthe tinieof 'r'e- 33 53 lieving anew quantity of unginned cottohf Sincethis machine givesa more' regulafrly timed control over the ginfe'ecler.andhull disposer, it is a pare t thatthe- 'Cottbn,

which is harvested inthe late part-" of fthe season and which at timescontains'a great quantity of hulls, can be very'successfuHyginnedfl'with a machine equipped witli this attachment and have thevalueof the p A;

' thereby increased. i

The invention i i l r r t0; inoll'ldeth'e following claim L a o 5,:

Claims:

l 1. In a gin attaehmentfor eoau ouin the passage "of the cotton throughthe cotton chute of a gin attachment when bollyfcotton is to be ginned,of a shaft,""a drivenpulley fixed upon the shaft, a driving pinion fixedupon the shaft, a driven member engaging thedrive pinion, a roller pincarried near the periphery of the driven memberfia closure device.located inthe cotton chute of the gin stand, a trip device'correlatedwith the closure and adapted 't o operate said closurewhenthe roller pincar'ried b'ythe driven member comes in contact withthetrip device. x f V 2. In a gin attachment for controlling the passageof cotton through th'e cotton" feed chute and forcontrolli'ng thedisposition oof thecotton ginne d, the combination withi a shaftprovided with suitable driving means, of a'pinion fixed upon the shaft,a gear mesh; ing with and adapted to bedriven from" the pinion, of abreast door pivoted thefgin v atrip device correlated with the chutevalve,

1,242,126 I v a stand at a point forward of the point of are broughtinto Operation when they are ginning, a valve pivoted in the cottonchute contacted by the roller pins. roller pins carried upon the drivengear, a. In testimony whereof, I affix my signature 10 trip devicecorrelated With the breast door, in the presence of a Witness.

GEORGE T. BECKNELL. the arrangement of the trip devices and theiNitnessz roller pins being such that the trip devices CARL O. HAMLIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C.

